ADELE ENTERS 2022 STILL AT NO.1!
Plus: Joni Mitchell debuts at No.3 with Clouds; albums from Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus & Adele re-enter Top Ten!
It’s a brand new year for L.dK Weekly, yet Adele‘s 30 is still holding firm at No.1 for a sixth consecutive week. The album sold 124,000 this week, down 18.5% from the previous week’s haul of 152,000 units over the Christmas week.
30 debuted at No.1 on the chart dated 29 November and with sales of 650,000 units, became the fastest-selling album of all time. It is the fastest album to sell a million copies too, having done so in just three weeks. To date, 30 has shifted 1.43 million units, including 1.31 million in 2020.
Updated Accolades:
- Bestselling album of 2022
- 14th bestselling album of the decade
- 29th bestselling album of all time
Besides 30, Adele also ranks at No.10 with 25 (up from No.12) on sales of 18,000 copies (down nineteen percent).
Adele’s catalogue drew total sales of 148,000 units, making her the most popular artist of the week for a sixth straight frame.
Lana Del Rey‘s Blue Banisters rebounds 3-2 in its tenth week, selling 40,000 copies (down seventeen percent); Del Rey also moves 10-8 with Norman Fucking Rockwell! as the historic album tallies a record-padding 114th week in the Top Ten.
Joni Mitchell collects her third Top Five hit as her 1968 sophomore album Clouds premieres at No.3. The album – which includes notable tracks ‘Chelsea Morning’ and ‘Both Sides, Now’ – debuts with sales of 37,000 units. It follows 1967’s A Song to a Seagull (No.2) and 1971’s Blue (No.1 for twenty-one weeks).
The latter record meanwhile ascends 7-6 as it moves 29,000 copies (up three percent). It also crosses sales of 1.5 million copies, becoming 26th album in history to be certified 5 x Platinum!
Taylor Swift‘s evermore and Red (Taylor’s Version) both lift one spot to No.4 and No.5, selling 35,000 and 32,000 copies respectively. The singer’s reputation also zooms 13-7 to return to the Top Ten for the first time since 2018. It sold 22,000 this week (up twenty-two percent).
Capping the Top Ten: Miley Cyrus’s Plastic Hearts swings 11-9 (19,000 units – down five percent).
Onto Next Week: Adele’s 30 – currently tracking to sell over 100,000 copies – should be assured of a seventh straight week at No.1.
Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50
No.11 – Twelve Deadly Cyns … / Cyndi Lauper’s 1993 compilation album launches at No.11 selling 18,000 in its debut frame, earning Lauper her third consecutive Top Twenty hit. It joins She’s so Unusual which spent six weeks at No.1, and True Colors which topped out at No.5.
No.12 – Christmas / Michael Buble’s seasonal smash is the highest-ranking Christmas release of this week, as it slides from its No.4 highpoint. Now with sales of 60,000 to date, it earns a Silver certification.
No.19 – A Star is Born – OST / Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s soundtrack is the Greatest Gainer this week as it surges 28-19; the album has sold just under 3.6 million copies to date.
No.21 – Born to Die: the Paradise Edition / Lana Del Rey’s debut studio album surpasses sales of 1.2 million this week, being certified 4 x Platinum. It is Del Rey’s fourth record to achieve this, following Norman Fucking Rockwell! (15 x Platinum); Lust for Life (9 x Platinum); and Chemtrails Over the Country Club (5 x Platinum).
No.27 – Californian Soil / London Grammar’s No.3-peaking hit has now become their first release to be certified Double Platinum for selling over 600,000 copies.
No.36 – A Christmas Cornucopia / Annie Lennox’s collection of carols and hymns earns a Silver plaque this week, becoming Lennox’s third such hit after Diva (8 x Platinum) and Medusa (6 x Platinum).
No.38 – The Other Side of the Mirror / Stevie Nicks’s 1989 album is the second album of the week to be certified 4 x Platinum, denoting sales of over 1.2 million It is Nicks’s fifth album to sell as many copies. It joins the hits Crystal Visions – the Very Best of Stevie Nicks (7 x Platinum); Bella Donna (6 x Platinum); Rock a Little (4 x Platinum); and The Wild Heart (4 x Platinum).
L.dK Weekly Top 50
L.dK Top Artists
Industry Sales
Industry sales for the week stand at 828,000 units, declining by 17.3% from the previous week’s figure of 1.001 million units. Compared to the same week last year (when 755,000 albums were sold), consumption is up by 9.6%!
Note
Certifications: Silver (60,000); Gold (100,000); Platinum (300,000); Multi-Platinum (600,000 etc.); Diamond (3,000,000).
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